The Steering Committee for BCC’s Middle States Self-Study is comprised of 16 members, including two co-chairs, eight Working Group co-chairs and six additional members of the faculty and professional staff. The Committee is responsible for coordinating the College’s Self-Study process from start to finish.
The charges of the Steering Committee are as shown below.
Committee Responsibilities
- Develop a thorough understanding of the accreditation process including the Standards for Accreditation and their connection to the Requirements of Affiliation, institutional priorities, and the College’s mission and strategic plan
- Work with Senior Leadership and Core Team to identify 3-4 institutional priorities to be addressed in the self-study
- Ensure that the institutional priorities are in alignment with the mission and strategic initiatives of the College, as well as the seven standards and criteria as set forth by the MSCHE
- Contribute to the development of the Self-Study design
- Identify the outcomes of the Self-Study
- Identify and approve the lines of inquiry for each working group
- Provide leadership, guidance, and oversight to the working groups
- Assist in the development and support of the Self-Study Communication Plan; ensure campus-wide engagement in and understanding of the process
- Review, assemble and edit draft Working Group reports that will be used for the final Self-Study Report
- Identify the most important opportunities for improvement and/or innovation that will be included in the final report
- Arrange for campus-wide review of and response to the draft Self-Study Report
- Oversee completion of the final Self-Study report, including refinement of the Evidence Inventory
- Organize, be available for, and participate in all campus site visits related to the Self-Study process: visit of MSCHE VP Liaison, visit with Chair of visiting team, and visit of evaluation team after submission of Self-Study
- Ensure Self-Study Timeline is implemented and followed
Committee Members
| Name | Title | Department | Standard |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sahidha Odige | Director, Academic Affairs & Strategic Operations | Academic Affairs | Core Group / Standard 1 |
| Seher Atamturktur | Professor | Biological Science | Core Group |
| Emma Antobam-Ntekudzi | Assistant Professor | Library | Standard 5 |
| Laura Broughton | Associate Professor | Biological Sciences | Standard 6 |
| Jessica Cabrera | Associate Director | ASAP | Standard 7 |
| Pamela Eatman-Skinner | Director | CUNY Start | At-large |
| Teresa Fisher | Professor | Comm Arts and Sciences | Standard 2 |
| Raymond Galinski | Dean | Institutional Effectiveness | Core Group |
| Merelyn Bencosme | Assistant Director | Academic Resource Center | Standard 3 |
| Alexander Lamazares | Chair | World Languages & Cultures | At-large |
| Manny Lopez | Interim Vice President | Student Success | At-large |
| Joshua Perez | Director | Admissions and Recruitment | Standard 4 |
| David Puglia | Professor | English | Standard 1 |
| Andrea Pinnock | Asst. Vice President | Finance | At-large |
| John Ziegler | Professor | English | At-large |
